“Today, how rationally do we use our existing water resources? This is the main question we must think about. Until recently, our irrigation systems were built in a primitive way. Irrigation methods carried out through canals caused water losses. The modern “The world has abandoned this method and modern irrigation systems we are already facing a water shortage. However, we are not among the countries that are completely deprived of water. “We have to use them rationally.”
These words Oku.Azin his statement to the participant of the COP29 climate conference held in Baku, an environmentalist who delivered a report in the Green Zone Sahib Mammadov saying.
The expert emphasized that currently, to eliminate water scarcity, attention must be paid to the use of three main natural resources:
“This is, first of all, about the efficient use of river water. Then about groundwater and, in the future, about the process of desalination of water from the Caspian Sea. But the latter is very expensive. Providing cheap and quality to the population “It should be a priority, for example, to extract water from Oguz and use it for trees. We should not use it for irrigation. Other sources should be sought for industry and irrigation. These may be underground water sources.”
The expert also addressed the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) held in our country.
“You know that the purpose of the COP29 conference is to draw the attention of the whole world to the threat to our humanity and take measures to prevent it. In addition, financial issues should be resolved primarily at the Baku conference. Therefore, countries that If we pollute the atmosphere and the environment more, more funds for the recovery process should be used. However, although powerful states play the main role in environmental pollution, weak countries do not suffer for it as a result,” the expert stated.
Shahriyar Samadov
